Oct 11^th 1863

Convalescent Camp Virginia

My dear wife

                        I take this oppertunity of addressing a few lines to you to inform you that I am well at present and I do hope that these few lines will find you also engoying good health dear Mussy I wrote a letter to you on the seventh of this month informing you that I could not get a furlow to go home to sea you at this time as I had written to you that I had Applied for a furloe and expected that I would have been at home by this time but I have been disapointed in getting one but I hope that I will be more fortunate in my next application which will be before long as I feal very Ancious to get home to sea you my dear Mussy/

once more I shall do all that I can to procure a furlowe to go home to sea you as scoon As I can Thy have nothing new happened in this place since I wrote to you last except that thy was a very suden death here on friday morning the suttler(sic) of this camp complained of being feeling very sick about eight oclock in the morning and died in about five minits after he took sick but thy are so many sutch cases occurs here that a mans death is scarsely noticed here or thought of afterwards. dear Mussy I have will send mail you a sundy Chronickle at the time I send this letter which paper I hope you will receive and in exchange for it I wish you to send me a Brookville paper with the returns of the County election in it as scoon/As you can After the Election as I would like to learn how the County vote is this Election as It is very seldom that I receive the newspapers which you send to me you will please cut out the Election list and enclose it in a letter and I will then be more apt to get it I have only received two newspapers from you since I came to this camp if you sent me any more than two thy have been Captured on the way write to me weakly and let me know how you are and how you get along. Oliver Woods did not use you very well about the house but Perhaps in the long run it may turn out to your advantage I think that a man renting a house and refuses to Artickel for it dose not entend to pay the rent/So let him go and think yourself well red of him an in case you should rent your room to any person be carefull not to permit or grant them the privalage of using or taking any wood of of your ground as wood is more valable to you than any rent you can receive dear Musy I was in Washington Citty on yesterdy and had the pleasure of seaing Old Abe Lincoln the rail spliter on pensylvania Avenue he had in attendance a large number of officers as his body guard to insure his safty in traveling the streets dear Mussy I conclude by sending my love to you also I send you 25 sweet Kisses this from your Affectinate husband

            WRodgers to Mrs. S. Rodgers

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